Chapter 120 (1/2)
Putting in a midday break, Rudel leapt onto Sakuya's back and fose into the air
The wide, blue sky spread out, noon had just gone by, and the light of the sun was strong But as he looked at his foe, so like the measly sun flew out of his head
”We're taking on a water dragon again”
'I won't lose this time'
As Sakuya thrust her fist towards her opponent a few tihed For some reason, he called out towards Rudel
'So that kid's the aunty of the lake's favorite I've got soet hurt My partner's quite a troublesome one, after all”
”Hahaha! How terrible, Spinnith”
'… And you should be especially careful'
”I don't understand the reason, but I'll be careful”
Rudel didn't understand what Spinnith was trying to say But thinking it would be rude to ask here, for now, he concentrated on theThis was a world he didn't know, and there were plenty of strong people rolling around
That only hted that there was still a higher level he could reach for
”Then let's have some fun with it”
'You're going to aim for the rear after all'
”He's co, Sakuya!”
'I'll teach you a lesson for calling Mystith aunty!'
'No, I mean seriously, she's my aunt She's my mother's sister'
”Is that true?”
While Rudel learned an unexpected truth in the sky, with that as the signal, Keith began
”Let's leave the talks at that From here on, you need only be intoxicated by my beautiful dance!”
Looking up at the sky, the three girls and a dragon were enraptured by the on
”No matter how many times I see it, he flies beautifully”
The water dragon's glassy scales caught the light and gli, but unlike Bennet's performant before, he had a sense of sharpness
He wasn't leaving it to brute force, it was as if he was reading his opponent's everyaround Rudel's shi+elds of light While he could surely destroy them, he purposely avoided them as he slipped around to the back each time
”Is the Lieutenant's dragon strong?”
As Millia called out to Bennet, she answered withouther face She wanted to watch those movements, to steal as much of that technique as she could
”No, there's barely any difference More so, I'er”
'I won't lost to the young ones, and I'irl'
As Heleene stuck out her chest, ”That's right,” Bennet answered The es in the air weresport of Sakuya
Was Keith's on? Perhaps it wasn't either
(Talent truly is a scary thing)
It wasn't as if Bennet didn't have talent But the gap was evident
”Major, is Rudel actually weak? I can't believe it I've never seen Rudel played with to such an extent”
On Izu She worried over how she was supposed to convey it, and worried over whether she could get the point across well
(Yeah~, teaching people really is difficult…)
So there, Bennet tried to compare her and Keith
”Rudel is strong To be blunt, he's stronger than , but if he trains, he'll surpass me in no time”
”He can even win against you?”
”Yeah But you see, defeating Elrond in an aerial battle will be difficult That dragon called Sakuya is unsuited to the air And just likethe four variants, it's the one with the best balance”
While wild dragons were all usually stronger than gray dragons, the answer to which of the four was strongest had yet to coue by eest could never be deterest
Everyone thought so And Bennet was the same
If she fought Keith Elrond in an aerial battle, she would lose, but she was certain her partner was stronger than Spinnith, and she thought it wouldn't lost out to any of the other species
That was because water dragons had very feeaknesses
As they could operate in the water, they were thought to be dragons specialized fot the water But that wasn't so
They were sions Slower than a wind dragon, but they could take second place in speed Less firepower than a red dragon, but even so, second place Less physical strength than a gaia dragon, but even there, they were second
Therefore, even if they didn't have anything special, they excelled in balance And froon who specialized in every single field
”But he lost so easily”
Bennet answered Izumi's question as if it were only natural But inside, she couldn't help but be anxious over whether she was properly getting the e across
”The reason it looked like he lost so easily was because I made it look so Don't let your opponent do what they want Don't let the It's a way of fighting you can only do if you have information”
As Izuet it at all, Bennet breathed out a sigh and looked at their faces In truth, she wanted to see Keith's fighting techniques, but it was clear that teaching her two juniors was more important
”Don't ade It's downright strange for Rudel- who just graduated the acadeht us Graduated within the top ten of the acadeainst them This is a unit filled with people like that”
”E-even so, the difference in skill is way too intense”
”Let's see If you'll let me have my say, there's barely any difference between Rudel and ic, that guy clearly has the upper hand In that sense, I'm weaker”
Seeing the two still couldn't understand, Bennet was starting to panic Just being strongerit wasn't so simple was quite difficult
”What that guy lacks is experience… so more technical”
Out of breath, Rudel sent a sidelong glance to Keith and Spinnith encroaching from behind as he produced his shi+elds While their nuh, his foe kept chase with barely the slightest movements
Thewas how he always maintained a set distance as he followed behind
”You should never show your dragon's rear Otherwise, it's an easy target”
'When you say it, it takes on a whole new '
”Hahaha! Now try putting up some more resistance!”
”Kuh! (I never thought he could be so strong What makes us so different!)”
On top of the fact his attacks showed no sign of hitting, his opponent didn't even try toRudel
Before an overwhelap in abilities, Rudel felt a different sense of crisis from when he faces the captain
While Rudel was delighted if his abilities even put his His heart was starting to panic, would he be unable to protect Sakuya? He was treasuring her too much
'Quit following us from behind!'
Sakuya turned all the way around, but in that instant, Spinnith had transferred bhind her Before Sakyua could turn, he had already started
(We're being read?)
Played around with in the air, Rudel and Sakuya were unable to raise a hand to Keith and Spinnith
With Heleene, Sakuya had the slight hope that so would happen if only her attacks would connect, but now she began holding fear towards their opponents
'Don't get close to meeee!'
'Now that's just ato say'
Against an opponent with leisure, Rudel and Sakuya were being manipulated in their own desperation
”They're starting to panic Theirfurther into Elrond's traps”
”Is that soic?”
Millia directed her eyes at the fight in the sky as she asked the question Bennet saw that even an ath as she continued on the previous explanation
”You could call it individual difference if you want When you call it talent, don't you think it always comes off as mean?”
”… You mean to say Rudel has no talent?”
On Izuhtful face, Bennet shook her head
”Like hell soo at it without any talent What I' to say is that individual differences definitely exist It's the same with the races Us beast type deh physical abilities But we have low e physical abilities, but her ht?”
”W-well, yeah”
When Millia conceded that her race was indeed like that, Bennet continued on with the conversation
”You have a sister in the dragoons, right? Major Lilim”
”Yes”
When talks turned to her sister, Millia's expression becaue
”If you asked whether or not Lilim has talent, a majority of people would say yes And if you ask about Cattleya, everyone will chienius I don't think that'saly lately”
Bennet recalled how the unmotivated Cattleya had shown so that she had grown earnest these past few years, as her abilities had grown alongside it
Frohtest bit ht her, she's be able to do it What a human would spend a few years to learn, in a month, or even a day she'd acquire it That could be called nothing shord of genius
”Um… how is that related to Rudel?”